This Summer, AYO! & Meet Me at the Bell Tower are joining the University of Manitoba Community Service Learning for an educational and cultural exchange in Belize!On Friday June 14, join us at the bell tower as we talk about the many adventures we have planned and to share our ideas with Michael, Kakeka & all those attending this exchange from June 19 to July 1, 2019.
Last year we were honoured to host a number of youth leaders from Belize at the bell tower while they were in town for UM Community Service Learning activities. Now, we are excited to send some AYO leaders to meet with Mayan youth in Belize as they develop their own movement they have named “Sounding The Conch Shell”. They shared with uus that they want this movement ro revive culture and stop the violence against the earth. Sounds like we have a lot in common!!
We would like to thank Anny Chen, all the people who have helped us with this opportunity including Pop Entertainment & Management, The Indigenous Family Centre and many more! See below a quote and an article that was written about the coming adventures:
Last March, Roberto Kus, a Maya youth from Belize, took part in a three-week exchange to Winnipeg. Roberto was particularly moved by Meet Me at the Bell Tower, a weekly gathering where he saw Indigenous youth come together to voice their concerns and take action to better their communities.
Roberto returned to Belize excited to work with his peers and create an opportunity for Maya youth to embrace their cultural identity, build their Indigenous leadership and envision a future for their communities. The following article is what Roberto Kus and Seferina Miss, two youth members of the JCS Planning Team, had to share about Sounding of the Conch Shell and the five-day youth camp that they are planning in Belize.
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